Proverbs 30:22
Under a servant when he reigneth, and a churl when he is filled with meat;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
In Context
21Under three [things] the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up:
23under an odious [woman] when she is married, and a handmaid when she is heir to her mistress.
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:3And the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance; but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was a Calebite.
1 Samuel 25:25Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; and I thy handmaid did not see the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
1 Samuel 30:16And he brought him down, and behold, they were spread over the whole land, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
Proverbs 28:3A poor man who oppresseth the helpless is a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Isaiah 3:4And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 30:19-24
Four Things Little and Wise. 18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: 19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. 20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. 21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: 22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled… Read the whole commentary →